The latest GOES satellite will play a critical role in tracking hurricanes and other dangerous storms across North America.
A powerful Space X Falcon Heavy rocket boosted a hurricane-hunting GOES weather satellite into orbit Tuesday, the final member of a four-satellite fleet at the heart of an $11 billion upgrade to the nation's forecasting infrastructure.'
's GOES program chief scientist, said once operational, GOES-19 'will be the sentinel in the sky to keep an eye on hurricanes' spawned in the Atlantic that threaten the eastern United States, Caribbean islands, Central America and the Gulf Coast.The satellite's primary camera, the Advanced Baseline Imager will be able to 'scan these these big storms as frequently as every 30 seconds in order to get minute-to-minute warnings out to the public.
's ability to predict space weather.'GOES-19 is the final member in a set of four advanced satellites, each one costing roughly $500 million.
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